GED gives MDOC Monroe Co. inmates a chance at success
MONROE COUNTY, MISS. (WCBI)- State inmates at the Monroe County Work Center who have not graduated high school are getting a chance to take their GED.…
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The King's Kitchen looking for hygiene items and clothing donations
One local group on the Gulf Coast is looking for donations of hygiene items and clothing. The King's Kitchen says the Mississippi Department of Corrections is giving items to men…
DOJ releases report saying three Mississippi prisons violating constitutional rights of inmates
The Justice Department announced today its findings that conditions of confinement at three Mississippi Department of Corrections facilities violate the 8th and 14th Amendments to the U.S. Constitution. The Department’s 60-page report details its findings from a thorough investigation of…
Former Mississippi Department of Corrections Officials Sentenced for Using Excessive Force Against an Inmate
WASHINGTON – Three former Mississippi Department of Corrections officials were sentenced today for using excessive force against an inmate, involving the use of dangerous weapons and resulting in bodily injury. According to court documents, on July 11, 2019, at the…
Man convicted of two Coast murders escapes prison a second time
A manhunt is under way in Rankin County for escaped state inmate Michael Floyd Wilson. Wilson, 51, escaped the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility on Sunday, the Mississippi Department of Corrections posted on its Facebook page. The Rankin County Sheriff's Office…
Mississippi takes management of prison from private company
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Department of Corrections is taking over operation of Marshall County Correctional Facility - a prison that has been privately run since it opened 25 years ago. Management & Training Corp. is the private…
Mississippi Department of Corrections suspends visitation due to rise in COVID cases
Mississippi Corrections Commissioner Burl Cain announced Tuesday that to protect Mississippi’s 17,300 prisoners, MDOC is suspending all visitation in state prisons until further notice…
Guard charged with bringing contraband in Mississippi prison
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — A judge set bond Thursday for a prison guard who was arrested on charges of bringing contraband items, including methamphetamine, into Central Mississippi Correctional Facility. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a news release Thursday…
Two inmates found dead in East Mississippi correctional facility
LAUDERDALE, Miss. (WCBI)- The East Mississippi Correctional Facility is investigating the deaths of two inmates. Officers found 65-year-old Fritz Garcia unresponsive in his cell around 4 p.m. on Saturday. Medical staff administered CPR until paramedics arrived and transported Garcia to Rush Hospital where he was later pronounced dead. Garcia was serving a life sentence for […]
Mississippi Department of Corrections starts women's seminary program
PEARL, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections has launched a seminary program for incarcerated women, more than 10 years after beginning its seminary for men. Inmates in the 29-member inaugural women’s class will be enrolled in a four-year…
Four Mississippi inmate deaths so far in 2021
The Mississippi Department of Corrections has announced the deaths of four inmates so far in 2021. An autopsy was to be done on each inmate. The latest deaths were announced by the state Tuesday from Central Mississippi Correctional Facility, a…
Autopsies set for inmate deaths
The Mississippi Department of Corrections said autopsies are being done on two inmates who have passed away. Seventy-seven year-old Ronald Allen Estelle died Friday at a Greenville hospital. He had been taken there from the Mississippi State…
2 Mississippi inmates die in separate Jackson hospitals
JACKSON, Miss. (WCBI)- Two inmates from different prisons have died in separate Jackson hospitals. Mississippi Department of Corrections says 66-year-old Charles Bates died Friday at Merit Health Central. 44-year-old Thaddeus Antwon Scales died Thursday night at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. Bates was serving a 27-year sentence in Rankin County for child pornography and […]
47-year-old inmate convicted of manslaughter dies in Jackson
JACKSON, MISS. (WCBI) – An inmate convicted of manslaughter and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon dies in prison. Mississippi Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Krysta Lesherri Chewe died Sunday at Merit Health Central in Jackson. MDOC says Chewe had already been hospitalized there once this year. Chewe was sentenced in December of […]
Autopsies set after 2 central Mississippi inmates die
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections says autopsies have been set for two inmates who died in custody in the last week. Albert Smith, a 69-year-old inmate at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Rankin County, was…
Inmate serving life for kidnapping and rape dies in Mississippi prison
Mississippi Department of Corrections said 64-year-old Charles E. Wilson died at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility Sunday night.
Inmate at Central Mississippi Correctional Facility dies in prison
Mississippi Department of Corrections said 50-year-old Scott William Deters most likely died from natural causes.
Inmate dies at George County jail due to complications of COVID-19
GEORGE COUNTY, Miss. (WXXV) — Early Saturday morning, a Mississippi Department of Corrections inmate housed in the George County Regional Correctional Facility, died at George Regional Hospital due to complications from COVID-19. The 48-year-old inmate was admitted to the hospital…
Mississippi inmate dies after days in hospital; autopsy set
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An autopsy will be done on a Mississippi inmate who died after being hospitalized several days. The Mississippi Department of Corrections said in a news release Monday that 42-year-old Brandon Flowers was pronounced dead Sunday at…
Mississippi Department of Corrections investigating inmate death
The Mississippi Department of Corrections says it is investigating the death of a 32-year-old inmate. Nathaniel Taylor was in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville. He was taken by ambulance Wednesday to the Greene County Hospital and was pronounced…
Authorities investigating inmate death at South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Mississippi Department of Corrections says it is investigating the death of a 32-year-old inmate. Nathaniel Bryan Taylor was in the South Mississippi Correctional Institution in Leakesville. He taken by ambulance Wednesday to the Greene County…
Ex-Louisiana warden confirmed as Mississippi prisons leader
By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS Associated Press JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi senators have confirmed Burl Cain as the new commissioner of the state prison system. The 77-year-old Cain is a former warden of Angola prison in Louisiana, and he faced…
Governor Reeves Announces His Appointments for MDOC and DPS Commissioners
Today, Governor Tate Reeves announced Burl Cain as his appointment for the permanent Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Corrections (MDOC) and Judge Sean Tindell for Commissioner of the Mississippi Department of Public Safety (DPS). Governor Reeves made the announcements…
Inmate with long illness dies in Parchman prison; 40th Mississippi inmate to die since December
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — An inmate died Tuesday in the hospital of the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, where he had been living since August with a terminal illness. The state Department of Corrections says 47-year-old Timmy Terrell Harden was…